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Mayawati expresses concern over status of vaccination drive

3:08 pm May 22, 2021

Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati on Saturday expressed serious concerns over the status of the vaccination drive against COVID-19 and asked the central and the state governments to pay attention to it. ”The status of the vaccination drive to save the people of the country from the deadly coronavirus is quite frightening as compared to […]

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Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

UP govt budget just an election stunt, fails to live up to aspirations of youth, farmers: Oppn

10:00 pm February 22, 2021

Lucknow: Opposition parties in Uttar Pradesh on Monday termed the state budget an election stunt that fails to live up to the aspirations of the youth, farmers, women and the unemployed. The Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government presented a Rs 5.5-lakh crore budget for 2021-22 in the Assembly with a target of making Uttar Pradesh self-reliant. With the Assembly election a year away, the […]

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Tandav row: FIRs registered in UP against director, actors, Amazon India’s content head

11:43 pm January 18, 2021

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh police has booked the makers of web series Tandav, actors Saif Khan and Zeeshan Ayyub and Amazon India’s content head over the alleged derogatory depiction of Hindu gods, with an aide of the chief minister warning them of serious legal repercussions. An FIR was lodged at Hazratganj police station against the Amazon’s India head of original content, Aparna Purohit, series director Ali Abbas, producer Himanshu Krishna Mehra, writer Gaurav Solanki, and […]

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UP horror: 50-year-old anganwadi worker gang-raped, killed by priest, accomplices

8:12 pm January 6, 2021

Badaun: A 50-year-old anganwadi worker was gang-raped and murdered allegedly by a priest and his two accomplices in Budaun district of Uttar Pradesh, triggering an opposition’s outcry and a comparison with Delhi’s 2012 Nirbhaya case. While the priest is on the run, his two accomplices were arrested on Tuesday night after the post-mortem report confirmed […]

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Mayawati siding with BJP, alleges SP

Mayawati siding with BJP, alleges SP

11:10 pm October 29, 2020

Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party on Thursday attacked BSP chief Mayawati, accusing her of siding with the BJP and fielding a candidate for the Rajya Sabha polls without seeking support from opposition parties in the state. The statement came hours after Mayawati suspended seven of her MLAs for anti-party activities after they opposed the nomination of […]

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